CVE-2025-13320 (GCVE-0-2025-13320)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-12 03:20 – Updated: 2025-12-12 14:57
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Summary
The WP User Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12. This is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied file paths in the profile update functionality combined with improper handling of array inputs by PHP's filter_input() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server via the 'current_user_avatar' parameter in a two-stage attack which can make remote code execution possible. This only affects sites with the custom avatar setting enabled.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpusermanager WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership Affected: * , ≤ 2.9.12 (semver)
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Credits
JEONG YU CHAN
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